Indigofera glandulosa

[Satish Phadke]

Indigofera glandulosa

Family : Leguminoceae

Herbs; annual 20-90 cm high. erect, much branched; branches long slender covered with hairs when young. Leaves 3-foliolate Petiole 1-1.2cm. Leaflets 0.6-2.5cm bye0.5-1cm oblanceolate,rounded or slightly retuse, apiculate green and with a few appressed hairs above, glaucous appressedly hairy and copiously nigropunctate below.

Flowers red  in short axillary sessile heads. Calyx 2-3mm hairy outside. Teeth long setaceous. Corolla 2-3 times as long as calyx. Pods linear oblong hairy 5mm, angled,the angles slightly winged and often toothed. Seeds 1-2 spherical smooth and polished sometimes mottled.
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Dr Satish Phadke

[Balkar Arya]

Great Catch Satish Ji
What beautiful color of Indigifera

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[J.M. Garg]

Appears like Indigofera karuppiana Pallithanam as per A revision of trifoliolate Indigofera (Tribe Indigofereae: Fabaceae) in India - Vibha Chauhan, Arun Pandey - Phytotaxa  Vol 220, No 1 (2015)- a copy of which I have provided to you separately.

If anyone still want it I can sand it to him again.

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

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